Water-excluding bar for casement-sashes and doors.



L. H. PETERS.

WATER EXCLUDING BAR FOR BASEMENT SASHES AND DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909.

InvBn'I'nn L. 1-1. PETERS.

LOUIS IIYACINTH PETERS, QUEBEC, QUJJBEU, (.ANADA.

WATER-EXCLUDING BAR FOR GASEMENT-SASHES AND DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application fi led November 2, 1908. Serial No. 460,786.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs HYACINTH PETERs, of the city of Quebec, in the Province. of Quebec, Canada, have invented eerl tain newand useful Improvements in W'ater- Excluding Bars for Casement-Sashes and Doors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in water excluding bars for casement sashes and doors which open inwardly, and the objects of my invention are to provide extreinely eliective means for absolutely preventing the entrance of water and wind bctween the bottom of the sash or door and the frame," and it consists essentially of a rock ing bar, crescent-shaped in cross-section, adapted to rock into a groove in the bottom of the door or sash, as hereinafter more fully described in detail in the accompanying specification and drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a horizontal l section through the sash and easing having my improved water excluding bar attached thereto. Fig. 2 is .a vertical section through the sill with the window open. Fig. 3 is the same section with the window closed. Fig. I

4 is a perspective view of the projecting plate on the sash or door by means of which the bar is rocked into closed position. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the cleats used to hold the bar in position. Fig. 6 is a l perspective view of the socket supporting the ends of the bar. Fig. 7 is a sectionon the line 22, Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a section along the line 3 3, Fig. 1. p

In the drawings like cliaracte'rs'of refergnce indicate corresponding parts in each ure.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the sill, B the frame and C a easement win dow, of any suitable 'or well known construction, and it may here be noted that the present invention may be applied with equal facility to the bottom of an inwardly opening door or other form of closure. Along the bottom of the frame a plurality of cleats 10, 11 and '12 are provided, each of which. consists of shanks l3 sunk in the sill, protruding spikes'l land upwardly curved projections '15. These projections engage one end of the water excluding bar D which, as shown, is made crescent-shaped in crosssection, and extends completely across the sill, the ends of the bar beingreceived and held within recesses 16 on sockets 17 which frame. Innnediately in advance of the water bar a feather E is provided on the sill, which is simply in the form or a plate sunlc .in the sill and protruding a short distance above the same. The bottom of the sash or door is provided with a rabbet 19 against which the water bar fits, when it is raised to closed position. closed position a projecting plate 20 is centrally secured to the lower member of the sash, this plate, in the embodiment illustrated, being formed with an upper portion 2]. which extends in a sill, and projecting lugs 22 on the sides, throu h which screws extend to attach it to thesil Thelowerpart23 of the plateismade substantially hook-shaped in form, and is adapted to engage the underside of the water To tilt the water bar to suitable recess 1n the l are countersrn'lk in the side members of the 1 excluding bar and raise the same to closed 1 position, as shown in Fig. 3, the plate being provided with a recess 24, lnto which the water excluding bar extends when in raised position, the said. recess constituting a continual'ion of the longitudinally extending recess Flt). The feather 1C is provided at its edge with a slot :25 through which the plate 20 may pass.

When the sash is open, the water excluding bar 1) will lie in the position shown in Fig. :3. ()n closing the same, the hook-shaped projection 23 will engage the undcrsurl'ace of the water bar and rock it to its closed position, asshow'n in Fig. 3, when the upper edge will fit in the groove 19. At the same time, the feather abuts the rabbet l8 and thereby effectually excludes all passage of water between the sash and sill It will be observed that the plate 20 in the center of the sash being provided with a recess 24-, reinforces and protects the groove on the sash, the recess 24 being shaped on the forward side to conform with the groove. It will be observed also, that when the bar is in lowest position, shown in Fig. 2, the feather will extend about the same level as the top thereof, and thereby protect the liar. In cases where the bar is used on a door, it is very likely to be disturbedand shifted from its position, by the people walking through the door. This is entirely prevented by the provision of the feather E.

As many changes could. be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention, could be made without departing from.

i the spir t or scope thereof, it is intended that all .matter contained in the specification and dravvings,shall be ,intei oreted as illustrative, and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood'th'at the language'of the following claims is intended to cover such generic and s ecific features of the inventionherein descri ed, Wl'llC-ll', as a matter of lan-- guage, might be said to be included thereby.

What I claimes my invention is':

l. The combination with a sill, of a tiltable Water-excluding bar mounted thereon, a.

sash having a i'abbet formed on the bottom thereof and means operated by the closing of the sash for tilting the Water-excluding bar into closed position, and a feather on the sill in advance of the wate'r excludirrg bar adapted to abut the rabbet on the bottom of the sash.

' 2. The combination with a sill, of a Water 20 excluding" bar. tiltably mounted thereon, a

' feather in advance thereof adapted to extend adjacent to the outer edge of the bar when in a sash, andmeans thereon for In Witness WhereofI have hereunto set my Thand in the presence Of LWOJWitIIGSSGS.

LOUIS HYACINTH PETERS.

Witnesses V AMABLE GossELIN, AoHILLE PLAMONDON. 

